New setback for Cuban sport. This Wednesday the javelin jumper Yiselena Ballar Rojas took advantage of her arrival in Miami (USA) and left the team that will participate in the Eugene 2022 World Championships in Athletics that starts on July 15. “The young athlete fled after the group’s arrival in the city” located in southeastern Florida, published Play-Off Magazine.
Ballar’s escape, bronze medalist at the Under 20 World Championships in Athletics in Kenya 2021, as usual was considered “an indiscipline” and a “reprehensible attitude” by the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder), in a brief note published by the official media.
At just 19 years old, the Cienfuegos woman won the bronze medal at the Under-20 World Athletics Championships held in Kenya 2021, with a mark in her javelin throw of 55.48 meters and won the silver medal at the I Pan American Games Junior of Cali-Valle 2021 (57.14 meters).
At just 19 years old, the Cienfuegos woman won the bronze medal at the Under-20 World Athletics Championships held in Kenya 2021
His abandonment further weakened a team that a few hours before the competition in Oregon suffered the loss of heptathlonist Yorgelis Rodríguez. The bronze medalist in Birmingham 2018 presented discomfort in one of her knees during training with hurdles, so she decided to withdraw from it.
“The athletes abandon the ship commanded by Yipsi Moreno, where most of the criticism has fallen in recent times”, accurate Play-Off Magazine. “She is the face, the commissioner, but the ship had been defective for a long time, and they only gave it to her so that she could finish sinking completely.”
A few days ago, Moreno opened the doors to the return of Cuban athletes who want to represent the Island again, such as the sprinter Reynier Mena, but ruled out this avenue for those who dropped out delegations or “spoke badly about the country.
Leading the Cuban representative team that will participate in the Eugene 2022 World Athletics Championships are the world champions Yaimé Pérez (discus) and Lázaro Martínez (triple jump), in addition to the bronze medalist in the Olympic Games, Maykel Massó (long jump). .
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